meanwhile , detachments of maritime patrol and transport aircraft continued to support operations in iraq and afghanistan , based out of al minh ##ad air base in the united arab emirates . also included is the deployment of one of the ran ' s frigates to the arabian sea and gulf of aden on counter piracy and maritime inter ##dict ##ion duties . australian forces were at times involved in heavy fighting , and significant actions included operation ana ##con ##da in 2002 and operation perth in 2006 , as well as actions in cho ##ra in 2007 , ka ##kara ##k in 2009 , the shah wal ##i ko ##t and der ##ape ##t in 2010 , and do ##an in 2011 ; although others have yet
meanwhile, detachments of maritime patrol and transport aircraft continued to support operations in iraq and afghanistan, based out of al minhad air base in the united arab emirates. also included is the deployment of one of the ran's frigates to the arabian sea and gulf of aden on counter piracy and maritime interdiction duties. australian forces were at times involved in heavy fighting, and significant actions included operation anaconda in 2002 and operation perth in 2006, as well as actions in chora in 2007, kakarak in 2009, the shah wali kot and derapet in 2010, and doan in 2011 ; although others have yet